This is an analysis of the poem The Dwarves that begins with:
Loke sat and thought, till his dark eyes gleam
With joy at the deed he'd done;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef ghgX ijij fbfb cece jbjb kiXi hbhb hdhd idid kblb fkfk dbdb bmbm blbl jfjf cfcf jkXk gbgb nkXk gdgd nXkg cmcm ffff cdcd icic fifi ngcg jdjd gggg fccc fnfXXhfbf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111110111 0110111 111000101 0101101 1100101101 11100101 00101011001 1110101 0010110101 11101101 110010011001 11001001 11110101011 1111111110 1101100101 110010010 111100111 101011001 111101111 1111111 110100111 10111001 1111100101 11101101 1101101101 1100111 0011110101 11101101 10111101101 1101111 11011111011 101100101 110111101 11101001 110010111 0011101 111111011 0110101 11101001001 001010101 1101100101 101011111 11100101101 10110101 11101011011 01001101 11110111001 10100101 1111010101 0101101 01001101100 1100111 1100111111 11001001 11001011001 1100111 110110011001 11011001 11011011001 11001111 111001110101 10101111 111101111 0101101 11001101011 0011011010 11011001101 110110110 1111100101 111101001 101101101001 111101101 1100100111 0101111 101011101011 1010111101 11101110111 101001111 1100101111 11101001 010011001011 11101001 111011011001 01001111 10101111010 11101111 1010010110010 11001101 111111001011 1101101 1011111110101 11101001 11101001010 10101100 0110100111 10111001 1101101101 01111101 11110110101 110100111 011110101 101001001 10100100101 0100111 11101101101 101101101 01001111001 1111111 1101100101 11100101 1111100111 1111101 11110100111 11011011 111101001101 111101 1111101110 111001111 11010110111 11011001 001001001011 10101111 001011001111 101001101 101101001101 10101111 111101111111 1010011111 01001111001 101111101 1110111111 011101101 01101101101 111010110 01011101001 1010110010 101101111001 110110010 101011101101 1110011010
- Amount of stanzas: 39
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 144
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, by, them, and, on, they, it, his, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, by, and are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Dwarves;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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